ANN REALTIME UPDATE 02.11.06 1220EST: After diverting
from his intended landing spot at Kent International Airport, Steve
Fossett landed moments ago at Bournemouth.
Air rebounding off the lower surface of an airplane’s wing
provides a vital component of lift. When the airplane is low enough
that disturbed air compresses against the ground, it dampens out
many sources of aerodynamic drag. Within about one wingspan of the
surface, this "ground effect" reduces wing upwash, downwash and tip
vortices.
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"It took the combined efforts of several countries to
break up this plot... By working together, we took dangerous
terrorists off the streets."
Source: President Bush, in recent remarks that
disclosed the existence of another terrorist plot to bring down a
major West Coast building using hijacked airliners, mimicking the
devastating attacks of 9/11.
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